The Role of Prefrontal Cortex in Normal and Disordered Cognitive Control: A Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective

Principles of Frontal Lobe Function

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Braver, Todd S ^a   Cohen, Jonathan D ^b,c   Barch, Deanna M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Computational analysis; Computational modeling; Pfc; Prefrontal cortex function

Indexed keywords

EID: 84940485811     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195134971.003.0027     Document Type: Chapter

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